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70% of Asian luxury consumers prioritizing craftsmanship over brand, design: Bluebell Group
The fourth volume of the 'Asia Lifestyle Consumer Profile' report, covering consumers across six markets, found that 70% of respondents are prioritizing craftsmanship over brand or design.
Luxury
Italian luxury group Tod's reports jump in operating profit
Italian luxury group Tod's said on Tuesday its operating profit rose to 94.7 million euros ($103.3 million) last year from 58.2 a year earlier, ahead of L Catterton's offer aimed at delisting the company.
Luxury
Celine riffs on founder and Twiggy in the L’Arc de Triomphe online show
Celine unveiled its latest collection one week after Paris Fashion Week officially ended and without an actual runway show, but with the spirit of founder Céline Vipiana, and of Twiggy, present throughout.
Luxury
Santoni earmarks Rs 15 crore for India expansion
Footwear brand Santoni has earmarked Rs 15 crore to invest in the Indian market and plans to open two new brick-and-mortar stores to connect with more shoppers in the country.
Luxury
Hugo Boss has record 2023, sees more growth ahead despite tough backdrop
Hugo Boss’s results report on Thursday showed just how strong the German high-end fashion giant is, with 2023 being a record year for the business and further improvements predicted for FY24.
Fashion
Maison Margiela launches MetaTabi collection in the metaverse
Parisian haute couture house, Maison Margiela, announced on Wednesday the debut of their iconic Tabi shoe's in the metaverse.
Luxury
Ferragamo sales improve in February after weak start to year
Sales at Salvatore Ferragamo continued to weaken year-on-year in January after dragging operating profit down 44% profit in 2023, but stabilised in February, the chief executive of the Italian luxury goods group said.
Luxury
Louis Vuitton closes Paris Fashion Week by going into orbit
Bernard Arnault, the patron of Louis Vuitton, loves a big show, and he got an immense one Tuesday night as designer Nicolas Ghesquière closed out the official Paris runway season with a mammoth display before 4,000.
Luxury
Off the runways: Roger Vivier, Delvaux, Christian Louboutin present Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collections with a unique mise en scène.
Luxury accessories brands each stage elaborate presentations for their latest offerings.
Luxury
Miu Miu: Classic has rarely looked better
It’s hard to underestimate the importance in fashion of Miuccia Prada, who stages Prada power shows for men and women in Milan four times year, and bookends the Paris women’s wear season with Miu Miu.
Luxury
Monday in Paris: Pierre Cardin and Coperni
On the 8th day of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024, French brand Pierre Cardin took his signature space-girls underwater, while the duo behind Coperni made theirs trace a pathway to the stardust.
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Paris on Monday looks East with Sacai and Rokh
One looked east on Monday in Paris with two powerful statements by much-admired brands Sacai and Rokh, one by Chitose Abe of Japan, the other by Rok Hwang from Korea.
Luxury
Paris: Valentino and Akris in reflective moods
A brisk, breezy Sunday saw thousands of fans crowd around the entrance to shows by two of the classiest brands in fashion, Valentino and Akris, where dark reflection was the unifying theme.
Luxury
Balenciaga: From Alpine beauty to nomadic cyber punk
Now that’s what we call a great fashion show. A dramatic reworking of Balenciaga’s canon in the thoroughly modern collection staged inside a truly stunning set.
Luxury
Sean McGirr debuts experimentally at Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen once staged a show in a garbage incinerator plant along the Thames. Sean McGirr staged his impressive debut for the house on Saturday night inside a scruffy former railway depot in Paris’ Chinatown.
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Paris Fashion Saturday: Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab
In a day of teaming rain, protests marches and traffic, Paris witnessed three shows by designers determined to think out of the box when it came to their brand’s DNA - Vivienne Westwood, Hermès and Elie Saab.
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